Level 3 Intermediate Stage

English–language arts Sub Strand Intermediate ELD level*
Example of Listening/Speaking Standard

Comprehension
  • Ask and answer instructional questions by using simple sentences.
  • Listen attentively to stories and information and identify important details and concepts by using both verbal and nonverbal responses.
  • Ask and answer instructional questions with some supporting elements (e.g., “Which part of the story was the most important?”).

Comprehension and Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication
  • Participate in social conversations with peers and adults on familiar topics by asking and answering questions and soliciting information.
Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication
  • Make oneself understood when speaking by using consistent standard English grammatical forms and sounds; however, some rules are not followed (e.g., third-person singular, male and female pronouns).

*The ELD standards must be applied appropriately for students in each grade level from kindergarten through grade twelve.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/englangdevstnd.pdf

From the English Language Learner and Diversity Manual

Student Behaviors:
  • Retells events using descriptive vocabulary
  • Summarizes narrative accounts
  • Identifies main ideas
  • Provides details orally
  • Makes comparisons
  • Identifies and defines new vocabulary orally
  • Relies on illustrations for reading context clues
  • Writes simple sentences using high-frequency words

Strategies That Benefit the Student:
  • Creating illustrated thesauruses to expand vocabulary
  • Word study of etymologies
  • Use of cognates (words that have a common etymological origin)
  • Teaching study skills like note taking
  • Double-entry journals for citing important story parts and reflecting on the meaning
  • Picture walks to reading
  • Graphic organizers
  • Exploring figurative language

Student Activities:
  • Listening
    • Preview pictures in stories
    • Recall events in order
    • Ask questions
    • Paraphrase oral directions
  • Speaking
    • Retell events using descriptive vocabulary
    • Make comparisons
    • Make personal dictionary/thesaurus
  • Reading
    • Read simple stories with illustrations
    • Follow written directions
    • Identify and define new vocabulary orally
    • Identify main ideas
    • Summarize narratives
    • Identify genre
  • Writing
    • Access reference materials
    • Prewrite using a graphic organizer
    • Create word banks and writing frames
    • Differentiate narrative from informational writing
    • Learn/practice rubric criteria